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Leaders who quote scripture but live dual lives are holy hyprocrites

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Touristic scripture referencing depicts convenience not conviction. [iStockphoto]

A string of insults, a bag of foul language, blaring character assassination and the speech still ends with "God bless Kenya!"

How is God supposed to fit comfortably in such a dark sentence? Such is the conflicting form of our politicians' speeches. They boldly accuse others of moral disasters blind to the forest of logs in their eyes.

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